Wheat

Wheat
Commission
20x20 Oil on canvas.

This painting was requested by a lady whose dad is a wheat farmer in Oklahoma :)

Friendship

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"Friendship"
12x12 Oil on canvas.

“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the only one.”
                ~C.S. Lewis

Longing

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"Longing"

18x24 Oil on canvas

...but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.
                                    ~Proverbs

Wanted

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"Wanted"

16x20 Oil on canvas

I wish someone would find my fingerprints somewhere
                                                                       ~Edward Field

Color the Night

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"Color the Night"

 12x12 Oil on canvas.

Compensation
 
I should be glad of loneliness
And hours that go on broken wings,
A thirsty body, a tired heart
And the unchanging ache of things,
If I could make a single song
As lovely and as full of light,
As hushed and brief as a falling star
On a winter night.
~Sara Teasdale

Rendezvous

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"Rendezvous"
16x20 Oil on canvas

Oh, you've got a fire and its burning in the rain....

~the Fray

Bare

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"Bare"
16x20 Oil on stretched canvas.

I'd face any kind of soul battering for You.

Whirl

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"Whirl"
24x24 Oil on stretched canvas
 

Bicycle

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"Bicycle"
12x16 Oil on stretched canvas

This is my first abstract painting and it came about simply because I hated my painting. I went to wipe it out completely or mostly and kind of liked the effect. Hence...this. I used a mixture of brushes, paper towels and my fingers. Painted from a photo I took in Charleston. Love that city! 

Bloom

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"Bloom"
12x12 Oil on stretched canvas

I painted this at night...first time painting at night. I just always feel like I need fresh sunlight to paint but I like how this one turned out.

First Light

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"First Light"
12x24 Oil on stretched canvas

Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love....
ps. 90:14

Spacious Place

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Spacious Place
18x24 Oil on stretched canvas.

I love how this one turned out. The photo does not capture the color quite right so it looks better in real life. I was trying to focus more on form than detail and also get into the habit of using alot of paint.

The title comes from Psalm 18:19 and 2 Sam. 22:20
He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me.

Safe Place

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"Safe Place"
24x30 Oil on stretched canvas.

When asked about the safety of the character I replied that the tree is the safe place. She's safe but that doesn't mean she's unaffected by the storm.

The Lake

"The Lake"
24x12 Oil on stretched canvas

This place haunts my dreams...in the best possible way.

Tropical Mess

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"Tropical Mess"
22x28 Oil on stretched canvas

This is the first big piece I've done in a while. It always takes me a while to adjust to painting so big after doing a lot of little paintings. I didn't like this one when I first started but I reminded myself to slow down and work on each smaller section at a time. In the end I really enjoyed the outcome.

Tawa's comment on it was "looks very tropical" hence the title. :)

Balloon

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"Balloon"

5x7 Oil on Raymar canvas panel

The Peach Blossom

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"The Peach Blossom"

10x10 Oil on gallery wrapped canvas.

Rainy Day

"Rainy Day" SOLD

12x16 Original Oil on stretched canvas

First painting since being back from Florida. Trying to get back into it and just wanted to have fun with this one. What can I say. I love rain!